Iridium 53 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 25173U 98010E   13144.48907388  .00000153  00000-0  47496-4 0  3139
2 25173 086.3979 250.8627 0002241 110.0054 017.1865 14.34222884798967
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 11:44:15
Eccentricity: 0.0002241
inclination: 86.3979°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.8627°
argument of perigee: 110.0054°
revolutions per day: 14.34222884
mean anomaly at epoch: 17.1865°
orbit number at epoch: 79896

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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